Marine Corps · SSN history

855 Dental Technician

SSN 855, Dental Technician in AR 615-26 (September 1942 and supplements), was deleted for Marine Corps use. Appendix B marks it “None,” meaning no corresponding Marine Corps specialty existed, and names no replacement.

Documented history

Dental Technician

No effective deletion date is given. June 1945 is the manual’s publication date, not a dated cancellation of SSN 855.

  • Affected Qualification Cards required individual review against the manual’s job specifications rather than automatic conversion.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Dental Technician. Suggested conversions/remarks: None. The table gives no row-level effective date. June 1945 is the manual publication date, not an effective conversion date.

Source documents (1)

Reviewed September 24, 2026 against references 3 and 4.

Historical information is drawn from the sources linked above. Classification dates are not personal service dates. Spot an error? Let us know.